Pharmacy Guild wins $2.8b at the cost of drug makers

Drug makers will bear the brunt of around $6.6 billion in savings to be channelled into new drugs and higher returns for ...

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PBS hospital medication charts - phase one trials

The Australian Commission on Safety & Quality in Health Care have invited public and private hospitals to submit a formal Expression ...

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Big pharmaceutical companies hit out at cancer drug approval process

A key advisory group to the Federal Government has taken the unusual step of publicly condemning big pharmaceutical companies for ...

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Schedule of Pharmaceutical Benefits - 1 December 2013

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Changes to Pharmaceutical Benefits Advisory Committee

The Minister for Health, Sussan Ley, today congratulated Dr Suzanne Hill, the Chair of the Pharmaceutical Benefits Advisory Committee (PBAC), ...

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Patient safety must not be pushed aside in government quest for biosimilars budget savings

Arthritis Australia is concerned that patient safety may be compromised by current moves in Australia to allow biosimilars to be ...

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Schedule of Pharmaceutical Benefits - 1 July 2015 update

The 1 July 2015 issue of the Schedule of Pharmaceutical Benefits is out and now in effect. The Schedule includes the following new/revised ...

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2015 PBS co-payment and safety net amounts

In line with changes in the consumer price index, the PBS co-payment and safety net amounts have been revised.  Therefore, ...

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New drug listing Keytruda to treat melanoma

The Commonwealth Government will invest $57 million to list breakthrough melanoma drug Keytruda on the Pharmaceutical Benefits Scheme. ...

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Abbott government extends pharmacy location rules for another five years

Rules that restrict new pharmacies from opening near existing pharmacies will be extended for another five years despite numerous government-commissioned reviews ...

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New features added to MAESTrO Australia

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Schedule of Pharmaceutical Benefits - 1 April 2015 update

The 1 April 2015 issue of the Schedule of Pharmaceutical Benefits is out and now in effect. The Schedule includes the following ...

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Doctors hit out over greater care role for pharmacists under new $19b deal

Pharmacists could receive public funding to dress wounds, deliver vaccinations and give weight loss advice under a $19 billion deal between ...

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Federal budget 2015: side-effect means sickest patients are to pay more for drugs

Some of Australia's sickest people will pay more each year for their medicines due to a little-noticed change in last week's ...

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The outcomes from the August 2013 special PBAC meeting have been added to MAESTrO Australia

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